Article: When Dad Won't Refrain From Spanking, Son's Safety Must Come First

Q.How do I insulate my 30-month-old son from my husband's spanking? He says that spanking is his right and his responsibility and he won't budge on the issue.

I protect my son as best I can, but I can't control what my husband does when I'm not in the room, nor do I know how we can raise a child together when we disagree on something so fundamental.

My husband and I were both spanked as children -- it was the principal method of discipline used by our parents -- and I never really thought about it until we had a child of our own. Suddenly we had to make a lot of decisions about child-rearing and I realized that I could never spank my son. I decided that he would be disciplined but never ...

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